Concrete fence-post.



J. A. GRIFFIN.

CONCRETE FENCE POST.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 21, 1911.

Patented Mar. 19, 1912.

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WITNESSES.- xx WW.

ATTORNEY JOHN A. GRIFFIN, 015 LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

CONCRETE FENCE-POST.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed August 21, 1911.

Patented Mar. 19, 1912.

Serial No. 645,306.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN A. GRIFFIN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Concrete F ence- Posts, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in fence posts made of concrete or other plastic material.

The object of my invention is to provide a simple, inexpensive post of great durability, provided with novel means for easily and conveniently securing and removing either wood or wire fences without the use of nails, which objects, I accomplish by the arrangement and combination of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described and finally pointed out and claimed.

In the accompanying drawing, which forms a part of this specification, Figure 1 is a side elevation of the post upon which the fence is secured, .Fig. 2 is an end elevation of Fig. 1, and Figs. 3 and 4 are cross sections through my post, showing in plan the method of securing wood or wire fences respectively.

Similar numerals of reference denote like parts throughout.

The post consists of a body 1, having an enlarged bottom 2, the object of which is to give it greater bearing surface and also to prevent it from being easily removed when set in the ground. In the body 1, a plurality of longitudinal reinforcing rods or wires 3 are embedded which wires extend from the top to the bottom and are located, prefer ably, as shown, in Figs. 3 and 1. Also embedded in the post 1, or secured in the holes 5, therein, which holes 5, are left in the post when it is molded, are the loop or eye rods 4, or 1 for supporting the fencing. It is, of course, understood that I may use either or both the types of loop eyes and make the same of any suitable size or material, the preferable type, however, being that shown in Fig. 3, where the holes are left through the post and the loop eyes threaded therein after the post has set or seasoned, and the ends 6, thereof, bent outwardly in opposite directions replacing the rods 1.

To secure a wood fence to the post the boards 13, are placed in the space between two sets of loop eyes at or 4 and an inverted U-shaped rod or wire 8, is inserted through the upper and lower sets of said loop eyes, across the outside face of the said boards 13, and its ends bent to hold it in place as clearly shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3. Where the ends of two boards meet on a post, as at 11, Fig. 1, staples 12, are driven into the ends of the boards over the rods 8, to secure the same in their proper positions as clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

To secure a wire fence to the post the wires 10, are laid upon the loop eyes 4:, or t and staples 9, are placed down over the wire through the eyes and the ends of said staples bent to secure them in their desired position as clearly shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 4.

lVhat is claimed is r 1. A fence post having an upper and a lower pair of eyes secured thereto, a board arranged between said pairs of eyes, and a U-shapcd rod threaded through all of the eyes and having its free ends bent at right angles to engage beneath one of the pairs of eyes.

2. A fence post having an upper and a lower pair of eyes secured thereto, a board engaged between said pairs of eyes, a U- shaped rod threaded through all of the eyes and engaging across the face of the board, and staples straddling the legs of the U- shaped rod and driven into the board.

3. A fence post having an upper and lower pair of eyes secured thereto, a pair of boards having their ends in abutting engagement and located between the eyes, a U-shaped rod threaded through all of the eyes and having one leg engaging across the end of one board and its other leg engaging across the other board, and staples straddling said legs and driven into the respective board ends.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN A. GRIFFIN.

WVitnesses:

H. M. ECCLESTON, L. P. ABELL.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C. 

